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• Police Continue to Harass Wang Jianguo's Family After His Death

  2009-11-04
  After Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Jianguo of Jilin City, Jilin Province died while detained at Jilin City Detention Centre, the local police continued to harass his family members. At that time, Mr. Wang's wife, Ms. Zhao Qiumei, was imprisoned at a forced labour camp. After she was released, she was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution and arrest. The police then went to harass her mother who is in her late sixties. Mr. Wang's family members still don't know the real cause of his death. The guards at Jilin City Detention Centre refuse to provide a clear explanation.
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• Ms. Li Chunlan Is Mentally Ill Due to Torture

  2009-11-04
  Ms. Li Chunlan was detained three times in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp, where she was shocked with electric batons around her mouth by guards and brutally beaten. As result of being tortured, she suffered a mental collapse and cannot take care of herself. Ms. Li's father was also sentenced to forced labour for practising Falun Gong and was tortured.
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• Mr. Wen Shixue Tortured Until Paralysed

  2009-11-04
  On October 3rd, 2009, Mr. Wen Shixue suffered a brain haemorrhage as a result of torture he suffered in Lanzhou Prison. Mr. Wen suffered paralysis and is hospitalised in the Dashaping Forced Labour Hospital. Mr. Wen's attempt to protect practitioner Mr. Yuan Jiang caught the police's attention. In November,2001, Mr. Yuan died of the injuries he sustained from being tortured at Baita Mountain. After Mr. Yuan passed away, the authorities launched a mass arrest of practitioners who had provided shelter for Mr. Yuan and helped him. In November 2003, the People's Court in Lanzhou City, sentenced Mr. Wen to an eight-year prison term for harbouring a suspect.
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• Ms. Zhu Yaohui from Huaying City, Sichuan Province, Persecuted and Tortured

  2009-11-04
  Ms. Zhu Yaohui is 57 years old. She was a government employee in Huaying City. Since the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999, she has been persecuted as many as ten times. She has been held in a detention centre three times, confined in the local police station three times, detained up in a brainwashing centre twice, and imprisoned for six and half years at the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labour Camp twice, where she was brutally tortured.
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• The Persecution of a Teacher's Entire Family in Tonghe County, Heilongjiang Province

  2009-11-04
  Police broke into a store on October 13th, 2009, run by Mr. Lu Peigen, a retired teacher from the Nonghe Town Middle School. They arrested Mr. Lu and confiscated several Falun Gong books, a DVD player, and other personal belongings. Mr. Lu's son, Lu Qianli, went to the Tonghe County Domestic Security Division to ask for his father's release on the morning of October 14th. Police detained him as well. Mr. Lu was abused and mistreated until he was vomiting and dizzy on October 15th. The Tonghe County People's Hospital diagnosed him with precursor to cerebral haemorrhage. Five to six officers also went to Mr. Lu's home three times to intimidate his wife and their eight-year-old daughter.
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• Ms. Zhang Lirong Falsely Charged and Brought to Trial; Her Family Barred from Courtroom

  2009-11-03
  On October 15th, 2009, Tiexi District court in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province brought Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Lirong to trial based on false charges fabricated jointly by the local 610 Office and the National Security Group. The court did not inform Ms. Zhang's family of the trial. Guards were present the day of the trial as if something dangerous were going to happen. The street was closely monitored by police, who took photos of every person who passed by. The court successfully prevented Ms. Zhang's family from attending the trial, and also one of Ms. Zhang's lawyers from entering the court.
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• Police Harass Family During Funeral Ceremony for Mr. Liu Guangbao's Wife

  2009-11-03
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Guangbao has been homeless for several years due to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) persecution. On September 23rd, due to illness, his wife passed away, and they held the funeral on September 24th. Unexpectedly, a group of people from the 610 Office and police came to the funeral and harassed the attendees. This caused anger among the neighbours and relatives, who were upset with the inappropriate actions of the police.
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• Ms. Yu Jingzhen, 65, from Shenyang Has Been Detained for Three Months--Faces Charges from the Ministry of Justice

  2009-11-03
  Ms. Yu Jingzhen, 65, has been practising Falun Gong for thirteen years. She is sixty-five years old and still in good health. On July 28th, 2009, Ms. Yu Jingzhen was picked up by police while she was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution in Tonggou. That night, police ransacked Ms. Yu's home and confiscated some Falun Gong leaflets. Ms. Yu's family has been forbidden from seeing her, and they haven't received any information about her. They were not informed until recently that Ms. Yu's case had been sent to the Procuratorate of Sujiatun. Ms. Yu is now being framed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Ministry of Public Security, the Procuratorate and the court. Ms. Yu is now being held in the Shenyang Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Kong Qian Sentenced to Nine Years of Imprisonment by the Weifang Court in Shandong Province

  2009-11-03
  On October 18th, 2009, Judge Mou Aiping brought Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Kong Qian to trial. Ms. Kong received a prison sentence of nine years. Ms. Kong was arrested on July 9th, 2009, and has been detained for more than a year. During her incarceration, this attractive young lady of good character was tortured to the point of emaciation. Not long after she was detained, she was tortured until her feet and legs were swollen. In order to protest the inhuman torture, she went on hunger strikes four times. She was then tied to a cross and subjected to inhuman tortures.
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• Mr. Huang Youjun Tortured and Interrogated by Police from Yueyang City, Hunan Province

  2009-11-02
  Mr. Wang Youjun, a Falun Gong practitioner, was detained by police on June 7th, 2009. He was interrogated and tortured. After five days, he was sent to the Yueyang City Detention Centre on June 12th. A Chinese Communist Party-controlled court began hearing the case against Huang Youjun on October 15th. Mr. Huang recounts: "Policemen took turns torturing and interrogating me. They tied my hands and feet together with a rope while I was facing down. They hung me up by throwing the rope over a rod above the window and pulling me up. Zhao Wenhua frequently used his feet to kick my head. I was in a lot of pain. I was covered in sweat. Zhao put me down."
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• The Persecution of Ms. Gao Guilan in Fushun City, Liaoning Province

  2009-11-02
  In July 2004, police entered Ms. Gao Guilan's home by telling a lie, claiming that they were going to give her a physical examination. Actually, they took her to Liaoning Province Women's Prison. When she was in prison, she was brutally beaten by prisoners, abetted by the guards. Guard Jia Yingchun incited murderers to brutally beat her. All three took turns watching her to prevent her from sleeping. They even followed her into the toilet. They employed different kinds of tactics, such as confining her in a solitary compartment, forbidding her from sleeping, beating her with an electric baton, forcing her to sit on an extremely small stool, stripping her clothes off and forcing her to stand in the toilet, and the list goes on. It was a living hell.
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• Mr. Li Gangfeng Endures Endless Brutal Torture during the Prime of His Life

  2009-11-02
  In August 2003, after nearly a year in detention, the 610 Office sentenced practitioner Mr. Li Gangfen to three years in prison, even though Mr. Li denied all charges. They sent him to the Suzhou City Third Prison, which followed four basic steps to deal with Falun Gong practitioners: 1. All new practitioners were assigned to a squadron to do hard labour; 2. Practitioners were sent to a brainwashing centre in an attempt to "transform" them; 3. Anyone that couldn't be "transformed" was subjected to the most inhuman torture in a second attempt to be "transformed"; 4. If they were still not "reformed," they were put in solitary confinement and put in shackles for one to three months.
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• Ms. Liu Fanqin, 58, Tortured and Disabled for Making Public the Rape of Ms. Wei Xingyan

  2009-11-02
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Fanqin, 58, was arrested on June 22nd, 2003, after she made public the rape of Ms. Wei Xingyan, a student at Chongqing University. Ms. Liu was tortured by the police, sentenced to nine years in prison, and detained in Chongqing Women's Prison. Ms. Liu was hung on a rack out of the window so that she could barely touch the ground with her toes. Her lower back was held flat against the edge of the window. She was not allowed to go to the toilet for over 30 hours or sleep. If she closed her eyes, they would beat her. After a long time of being hung up, pulled, and beaten, her arms became dislocated, and she lost feeling in them, fainting several times.
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• The Persecution of Ms. Wang Xiuyan from Shuangcheng City

  2009-11-01
  Ms. Wang Xiuyan was arrested three times and twice sent to forced labour camps during the past ten years. She was subjected to gross abuse and mistreatment while in detention. Ms. Wang recounts: "While at Wanjia labour camp, the guards forced me to squat and denied me sleep to make me "reform." They also made practitioners do hard labour. They watched us closely. They beat and kicked us, forced us to stand and squat, used the Big Hang-up [the hands are handcuffed and then pulled from behind the back and hung up on a hook high above the ground. The feet are made to hang just above the floor], electric batons and the Airplane [the practitioner's body is bent at 90 degrees while both hands are outstretched similar to the wings of an airplane. Sometimes a cup of water is put on both hands. If the water is spilled, prison guards will beat the practitioner brutally.
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• Ms. Wang Xuchun from Yushu City Describes Her Experience of Being Arrested and Persecuted

  2009-11-01
  On August 12th, 2009, while going to her brother's home, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Xuchun was arrested by the local police. She was later force-fed to the point that she was on the verge of death. Wang Xuchun rejected all the police's demands and was finally released. She describes her experience in the detention centre: "A person then forced my head to face up and stepped on my mouth. Mud on his shoe fell into my mouth. I heard that the deputy director of the centre used to use the same approach to treat other people. I was thin and in my sixties. Finally, they tied me up on a stretcher and inserted the tube into my nose. I was seriously injured inside and bleeding. My collar was covered by fresh blood. Even after four days, blood was still in my phlegm."
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